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Once upon a time, there was a two or three stool diner in a small town in a southern state. A tall Black man owned the diner. He had been a cook in the Army in WWII. I remember visiting that small town when I was four or five. I only met this man once…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/adding-in-god-we-trust-to-state-seal-represents-tennessee-values/ar-BB1hlhYj?ocid=socialshare&cvid=a6a57df97b6a4164abcafd07dfbe949e&ei=26#image=AA1eCZgU|2 Can’t expand Medicaid, pay teachers more, repair the state’s infrastructure, accept federal funds for education, pass meaningful gun control legislation, but along with the Republicans’ meaningless thoughts and prayers, Republicans can pass a bill that says put “In God We Trust” on license plates. What about the separation of church and state? What God…

Funny, Republicans don’t want to renew the child credit because it would be a disincentive for the child’s parents to work. This hypocrisy is from a party that has done nothing in this session that would amount to “work”. Yet, they get paid and have health insurance. How can people continue to vote for such…

What the eye sees when one actually sees what is there. How many times have I looked at the pictured trees and never seen the white-trunked tree? There is still some brown near the base of the tree trunk so this tree is probably diseased and dying. Even with all the snow on the branches…

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/552461/? On MLK Day, I read the letter from a Birmingham jail. This letter was written over sixty years ago and today it is still relevant. We are still fighting for the same rights. Our group economic status is worse than it was when MLK wrote the letter. In reading the letter, I was surprised…

Fragility and fear–the cited article tells us that studies have shown that the January 6th rioters/insurrectionists were mostly white males, ages thirties to sixties, who were afraid of losing their white privilege. The article talks about rights, but there is no right to be the only person considered competent for a job, to live in…

This particular walnut tree…maybe it’s in the latter stages of its life cycle. Which of those winter-bared branches is a widow maker? After a high wind, branches, thick branches, litter the ground. However, every year, so far, it produces a copious crop of walnuts. When I took the picture, it was early afternoon, but so…

The meaning of the Buddha pose in the picture is probably none of those things, but that was my impression when I first saw it. I could not find this particular pose in a quick web search. Something created for the tourist trade? Or the dilettante? I don’t pretend to have any knowledge regarding Buddhism,…

I just read an article where a Black woman back in the1970s(?) in Washington D.C. reacted negatively to a picture of Jesus depicted as a Black man. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/black-jesus-christmas-story/676925/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share I remember those pictures and my sister and I bought one, had it framed, and we presented it to a small rural church that my mother attended…

I’m writing this on December 21st, the winter solstice. I’ve always thought of winter as the season of darkness, but I’ve been wrong. Because today is the shortest day of the year, the beginning of winter, from here on a microsecond of daylight is added to each day. And the weight, the veil I spoke…